🖖️ Vulcan salute emoji

What is 🖖️ called?

🖖️ is called the Vulcan salute emoji.

What does 🖖️ mean?

🖖 is the Vulcan salute associated with Star Trek and the greeting “live long and prosper.” It communicates science-fiction fandom, goodwill, a nerdy hello, or a peaceful farewell.

Leonard Nimoy based the gesture on a Jewish priestly blessing he had seen in childhood. Outside that history, many users simply recognise it as Spock’s distinctive hand sign.

Other meanings

Star Trek, Spock, live long and prosper, science fiction, a friendly blessing, peace, farewell, or space-themed humour.

Example Usage

Safe travels—live long and prosper 🖖

The science-fiction marathon starts tonight 🖖

More details

Officially named vulcan salute. Its code point is U+1F596, introduced in Emoji 1.0. The emoji references a fictional Vulcan greeting whose hand shape was inspired by a real Jewish ceremonial gesture.

Variants

Related emoji

Hand gestures emojis

• 👋️ Waving hand
• 🤚️ Raised back of hand
• 🖐️ Hand with fingers splayed
• ✋️ Raised hand

Star Trek emojis

• 🚀️ Rocket
• 🛸️ Flying saucer
• 👽️ Alien
• 🪐️ Ringed planet

Visual description

An upright palm with the thumb extended and a V-shaped gap separating the middle and ring fingers.

The index and middle fingers form one pair, and the ring and little fingers form another. Five skin-tone variants are supported.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.